Predictably the contents of the Culture Select Committee report into phonehacking has leaked, despite it being printed overnight at heaven knows what cost, in order to avoid this exact situation. Ahead of this morning’s press conference we already know that James Murdoch will be criticised but not accused of misleading parliament, unlike News International bad boys Colin Myler, Tom Chrone and Les Hinton. However it’s the sideshow that caught Guido’s eye…

I see ITV are predicting what DCMS Select Committee will say tomorrow – can I just point out leaking a Cttee report is a contempt of parl?

This is the same Chris Bryant who last week revealed information that he only had access to due to his special status as a Core Participant of the Leveson Inquiry, meaning he gets to see evidence in advance. Given that he later went after the ITV journalists personally for doing their job he does not appear to be joking…